Last one for September....

For some reason this past month I've been a magnet for people who need to talk to random strangers. I thought about writing about it the first time but decided not to, then the second time it happened I was just lazy, but now I'm relating it in a very weak sense to the gospel of Jesus Christ. I don't know, but I think it seems like something that would happen in the bible. I can just see Christ walking along and then someone decides to ask him a question...nothing mean or invasive just asking him what He thought or sharing with him your own thoughts about life and what means most to you . 

One day as I was walking to my car someone behind me started laughing. I thought he was making fun of me but in all actuality he was laughing at himself because he was practicing dance steps as he walked behind me. He then caught up with me and started to talk to me about dancing. He then asked me if my husband danced...I didn't know what to say...we were really having a conversation without knowing each other's names. It was beautiful, exhilarating, and just plain fun. Especially because I'm married and can just be friends with people, not wonder if they want to date me, etc.

The second occasion, I was walking to the library and I was late for a group project. When I walked out of the Wilk, someone held the door open for me, I said thank you and he caught up with me. We started talking and at first he was hard to understand because he was from Kenya and had an accent. But soon it was hard because he had questions that I felt like I should really answer. He asked about finding the girl of his dreams, being true to yourself, and why all married women jump to tell a friendly guy that their married. That last point was interesting. I realized that women here at BYU, generally do that. If I guy starts to talk to them they automatically think they are being hit on and thus bring up that they are married. I've never done this as I think talking to people and getting to know them is great, whether they are married or not, man or woman, etc. At the end of the conversation he told me he wished there were more women like me out there, he called me sister and we parted at that. 

I hope to be able to talk to my Savior like this. I hope to be able to tell Him about my life and thank Him and ask Him things. I love my Savior and I'm very grateful for prayer although I do not use that communication device as much as I should. I love the scriptures and how my New Testament class tries to help us get to know Christ. 

Love people, talk to them.